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China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales

Reuters US Online Report Business News 2 days ago

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. The ruling, issued by Beijing's No. 1 ...

Swiss ruling on Polanski bail likely in 2-3 wks

AP News 3 days ago

Official says Swiss court likely to rule in 2-3 weeks on Roman Polanski's request for bail Switzerland's highest criminal court is expected to decide in two or three weeks whether to release film director Roman Polanski on bail pending a decision on ...

Journalists kept in court after Jackson MD leaves

AP News 3 days ago

Court officers keep journalists in Las Vegas courtroom after Michael Jackson doctor hearing A court officer briefly detained a group of journalists inside a Las Vegas courtroom Monday following a hearing involving Michael Jackson's former personal physician. Reporters, videographers and producers from ...

Just getting health care bill to floor will be tough for Reid

Las Vegas Sun 3 days ago

WASHINGTON To understand just how difficult it is to get anything done in the Senate, a dose of history can help. Long before President Lyndon B. Johnson became champion of civil rights, he was during his early years as majority leader a ...

Crime and punishment

Las Vegas Sun 3 days ago

Review of life without parole for juveniles should spur a new discussion In 2005 a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court declared that it is cruel and unusual — thus a violation of the Eighth Amendment — to execute juveniles for ...

Court rules against Microsoft in China font case

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday. Beijing's No.1 Intermediate People's Court found Microsoft had exceeded the scope of a previous agreement to ...

Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, according to a court judgement. Beijing's No.1 Intermediate People's Court found Microsoft had exceeded the scope of a previous agreement ...

First Latin America gay marriage on December 1

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Latin America's first gay marriage will be held on World AIDS Day on December 1, the Argentine couple, who are both HIV positive, said Monday. "We will become husband and husband," said Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, after ...

Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

AP News 4 days ago

Buenos Aires marriage license is a first for same-sex couples in Latin America Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and ...

U.S. demands Kenya deliver Rwanda genocide suspect

Reuters US Online Report World News 4 days ago

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States wants Kenya to hand over a Rwanda genocide suspect it believes the east African nation has been harboring for years, President Barack Obama's war crimes envoy said on Monday. Stephen Rapp, U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes ...

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